The Sun. — London, England, 1836-03-17 00:00:00

lower order of the Irish have long cherished against "Protestantism and British law, are fostered in these schools. This is the object of the political party which is in the ascendant in Ireland ; and the inon- strous abuse is, that under the pretext of education, we pay, and are expected to continue to pay, for the support of people who hold these, prejudices and in culcate them upon others. There is evidence of both the teachers and the scholars being mixed up in party demonstrations of a sectarian and political character. There is evidence also of the school rooms being used for political meetings, although built at the public expense for furthering good education ; and all this Lord Melbourne says does not demand inquiry. He proclaims that in all this there is no abuse to which the principle of reform should be applied. He says that the Commissioners themselves may be applied to, just as if the persons through whose bad or careless management abuses had taken place, would be ready and willing to admit, and reform their own errors. This is not the usual course. This is not the course which Ministers take when any abuse in which their adversaries have an interest is to be attacked. Such a suggestion as this has too much the character of an .evasion. It will deceive none but those whose party feeling is too strong to enable them to see anything which tells against themselves. The Ministers may depend upon it that, after such an exposure as that made by the Bishop of Exeter, the English people will never be satisfied that money should be granted for the continuance of the Irish education system without means being taken to ensure its fair applica tion to the purposes for which it is granted.—Morning Herald. It will be seen from the proceedings of the House of Commons on Tuesday night that the stamp duty on news papers is to be reduced, in the course of this year, from its present amount of fourpence, with twenty per cent. discount, to one penny, without any discount, and that under this reduced tax, newspapers may be transmitted as usual free of all charge, through the Post-office, to every part of the United Kingdom. This reduction, though it may not be satisfactory to some persons, is highly creditable to the good sense of the Chancellor of the Exchequer. He had, in dealing with the ex isting newspapers, and with the feelings and opinions afloat upon the subject, an arduous and difficult duty discharge—not to despoil, on the one hand, those o had embarked a large amount of money—not less an three millions sterling—in newspaper property — and, on the other, to give that satisfaction' to a large lion of the community which its demands, as well round policy dictated ; and, in our humble opinion has very admirably met the exigencies of the occa cn. We should be glad to have it in our power to r nnounce a total abolition of the tax, with compensation to those who would be injured by it ; but, failing all compensation, the smallest tax that will suffice to defray the expense of conveying newspapers by post is the best, and our only quarrel with the penny tax is that it will not allow the proprietors of newspa pers to vend their papers to the public at a less price than 4id. A penny tax, with 25 per cent. discount, would enable them to sell at 4d., and thereby to bene fit the public to a very consideroble extent without the slightest injury to the revenue : and we doubt not that after proof has been furnished to this, effect by those who are most competent to judge of the matter, the Chancellor of the Exchequer will at once see the pro priety of acceding to the suggestionin other, though perhaps not very well understood words—of not " eat ing a cow and worrying upon the tail."- T -Morn. Adv. The Bishop of Exeter, on presenting on Tuesday night in the House of Lords a petition, praying for a system of national education in Ireland, and complaining of the grievances arising frrOm the grant to the Colleac of May nooth, took occiSiciir to'eensUre the conduct of the Com missioners at present acting under the Crown, and the authority of the Lord Lieutenant, and to move forthe p - polntment of a Committee to inquire into the practical working of the presentsystem. The chief objection urged by the Rev. Prelate against the existing establishment, was in reference - to the absence of any religious in struction, and the fact that a greater number of Ro man Catholics had received a grant for the purposes bf education than persons of the Established Reli gior. Now, in respect to the first objection, it is obvious that, if any particular mode of religious in struction were adop:cd, it must inevitably excite dis satisfaction, and to prevent persons of a different creed from availing theurselves of the advantaccs off:red by the Government ; and as tr 'be second, fixt of the large majority of tiros?, cpplying for schools being Roman Catholics, is rather a re commendation than an objection, for it is a testi mony that the mass of the Irish population are favourable to the present plan of instruction. The inference of the High Churchman, that this ma jority proved the system to be more approved of .by one party than another, is arnost too absurd to be replied to ; for how could a national system of education be introduced into Ireland, where nine tenths of the population are Roman Catholics, without having \ the majority of those receiving in struction composed of the members of that persua= sion ? It was attempted to impeach the veracity of the Report of the Commissioners, in alleging that the system had been generally approved of by all sects and parties ; but the number of applications which have been made for aid, and of those clergy men, Protestant, Roman Catholic, and Dissenting, who have avowed themselves favourable to the plan at present in operation, is the best confirmation of its receiving the general approval. It appears by the Report, that one hundred and forty clergymen of the Established Church, and 1,379 Roman Catholic clergymen, have applied for the establishment of schools on the new system. The calculations made by the Right Reverend Prelate, with respect to the amount of funds granted for different educational purposes to the two religions, and thus attempting to show that it was more approved of by one party than by the other, are totally unworthy of refutation ; for, as we have before observed, any system that will affect the Irish population must necessarily embrace a majority of Roman Catholics. The reply of Lord Melbourne silenced the intolerant ecclesiastic, and though no additional grant is to be made till further inquiry, we have no apprehension that any attempt will be made to introduce sectarian principles into a system of education which, in Ireland above all coun tries, would effectually militate against its success.— Morning Advertiser. The speech delivered by the Bishop of Exeter on Tuesday evening, upon the new system of what is called " Combined Education" in Ireland, has pro duced, as it ought to have produced, a considerable sensation. It was, in the highest sense of the words, a noble oration. It stated the most remarkable facts, upon the most important theme, with the most perspi cuous arrangement, in the most beautiful language. Those who enjoyed the delight of hearing the Right Rev. Prelate witnessed an exhibition they will not easily forget—that of the clearest intellect exerted in defence of the purest religion. It is impossible but that the measure to which the Right Rev. Prelate invited the attention of the House of Lords should hereafter oc cupy much of the attention of the country. Hitherto, in answer to whatever attacks ha've been made upon the Commissioners, or their conduct, it has been replied, s , The scheme is experimental ; let us see how it will work ; give the new plan a fair trial." The experi ment has been adopted ; we have seen how it works ; the plan has had its fair trial. We are entitled now to reason upon the facts before us ; and upon the evi dence of these facts we pronounce the plan a failure, and call its pectfully, but firmly, for its abandonment. We suppose, after the detailed examination instituted by the Bishop into the applications for assistance to schools made by Protestant Clergymen, and the re duction of the number of such applicants from 140 to 40, for all Ireland—we suppose, we say, that we shall hear no more of the conciliatory tendency of the new system—of the healin g influence of scriptural extracts --of the forzetfuln ess of religious differences in the community of intellectual improvement. We be lieve—however difficult it may be for our opponents to admit anything which militates against their theo ries—we believe it will be admitted, that from the schools conducted upon the " combined principle" Protestant children are, for the most part, excluded. We care not, for the sake of our argument, whether the exclusion be reasonable or unreasonable. We assume simply, from the facts before us, that Protestant children do not benefit by the money devoted by Parliament to the support of the Irish schools. What answer is made to this assertion ? " Protestants are illiberal and intolerant; they will not send their children to schools where the Bible is not read." Now, let it be remembered by what arguments the propriety of the grant for the schools of the Kildare-street Society was assailed. It was assumed that Catholics did not benefit by the money devoted by Parliament to the support of the Irish schools. What answer was made to this assertion ? " Catholics are illiberal and into lerant ; they will- not send their children to schools where the Bible is read." Thus far the question is mooted without advantage to either party. The Catho lic refused to have his children taught in schools wherein the Bible was admitted : the Protestant refuses to have his children taught in schools whence the Bible is excluded. Each accuses the other of bigotry and of superstition, for his rigid adherence to his own opi nion. But the Legislature has to pronounce a judg ment between the two—a fallible judgment ; but a judgment which it must form with sincerity, and.en force with firmness. The Parliament of the United Kingdom, finding a system, supported by public grants, which educated Protestants only, have substituted a system, supported by public grants, which educates Catholics only. The change made was not made for this purpose. It was made that both might share-in the advantages of the national beneficence. The at tempt has failed. Parliament must now decide whe ther it will remedy or perpetuate the evil of its own creation. Will it henceforth, having failed to devise a system for the union of the education of both—will it henceforth educate the Catholic or the Protestant ? will it educate by the Bible or without the Bible ?—will t devote national funds to the propagation or the sup- Jression of vital truth ?—Morning Post. CHANCERY COURT-WEDNESDAY MILWARD V. LYSONS. The arguments on the appeal in this case being con cluded, the LORD CHANCELLOR had at this moment a very strong impression that the order of the Court below could not stand, but, being an appeal from the decision of the ViCe-Chancellor, he felt it right to look over the pleadings with more attention, before he made up his mind on the question. Judgment is therefore postponed. THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL V. SHORE.-LADY HEWLEY'S CHARITY. These were two petitions, filed by the representatives of ninety-five churches of Scotland, all styling themselves ortho dox Presbyterians, but one part only Presbyterian Dis senters, and the other part Presbyterians belonging to the Established Kirk of Scotland, each praying to be admitted into the Master's office, and to take their share in the elec tion of trustees, and the transaction of other important business, for the future regulation of this charity. The LORD CHANCELLOR, at the hearing, ordered that one of the parties only should go before the Master, and the petitioners themselves should decide which party should go before the Master. Mr. WIGRAM, this morning, stated that the petitioners could not agree who should go before the Master. After some consultation between the parties, it was agreed that both parties should go before the Master and propose trustees, and that the question of costs should be reserved, with a full understanding that no more than one set of costs was to be claimed, under any circumstances. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. MIDLAND CIRCUIT.-DERBY MARCH 15. The business of these Assizes commenced this day, be fore Lord ABINGER on the Nisi Prius side, Mr. Justice BOSANQUET presiding in the Criminal Court. There are ten causes for trial, two are special juries, and among the cases specified in the callendar, two are for murder, one for arson, three for rape, several for burglary, horse stealing, &c. CIVIL SIDE.-GODFItEY V. JACKSON AND OTHERS. This was an action brought to recover damages for a trespass and false. imprisonment. The jury found a verdict is favour of the defendants. WESTERN CIRC L11T...--DORCHESTER, MARCIE 15. The Assizes commenced here on Saturday last. There were five causes in the list, and thirty-nine prisoners. Nothing of any importance has transpired until to-day. The causes have been only of local interest, and the pri soners who have been tried have been charged with offences only of a petty nature. Mr. Justice Littledale has pre sided at Nisi Prins, and Mr. Baron Balland in the Crown Court. Clown CoußT.—Thomas Monek was indicted for hav ing set fire to a dwelling-house, stable, outhouse, and barn, the property of Ambrose Tacker, in the parish Canford Magna, in this county. There were seventeen witnesses examine:l for the proceution, but the evidence was ad of circumstantial nature. Tile J ark rciurned a verdict of acquittal. HOME CIRCUIT.—MAIDsrosE, MARem 16 The Learned Judges, Sir N. C. Tindal and Mr. Justice Vaughr.n, opened the Commission for Kent on Monday last, and proceeded to business yesterday morning rit ten o'clock ; Sir N. C. Tindal taking his seat in the Nisi_Prius Court, and Mr. Justice Vaughan presiding on the Crown side. The calendar is numerically heavy, there being 94 prisoners for trial, and soma of the offences are of a very aggravated nature. The cases may be divided into four of arson, four of unnatural offences, one of rape, one of high way robbery, under circumstances of peculiar atrocity, the details of which appear in the latter part of our report ; several of burglary, and the remainder cases of petty larceny. The cause list contains thirty causes, three of which are Special Juries ; one, a case of criminal conversation, is fixed for to-morrow morning CIVIL SIDE.-LEIVIS V. HOARE. This action was brought by the plaintiff to recover com pensation in damages from the defendant for the seduction of his daughter. Mr. CLARKSON stated the case, which be described as one of 'aggravation, as the defendant had taken advantage of the youth of the plaintiff's daughter, and of the intimacy that subsisted between the families. The plaintiff was a respectable hair-dresser at Woolwich, and the defendant, who was a young man about thirty years of age,lived within two doors, and carried on the business of a boot and shoe maker. Tile LORD CHIEF JUSTICE having summed up, ____ The Jury found for the plaintiff- 2 -bamages, 251. CROWN COURT.—Thomas Pryer, a mild•looking youth of IS, a butcher, was indicted for assaulting and robbing Hersey Johncock, at Wickham, on the 19th of Feb. last. The prosecutor, Henry Johncock, was a carpenter at Preston, and went on the 9th of February, be tween four and five in the afternoon, to the Old Ferry house, about two miles &Om where he lived. While there, the prisoner, whose father he had known for twenty years as a butcher, came in. They stopped till near ten. Wel land went out before the prisoner. He (the prosecutor) left about ten minutes afterwards, and had not proceeded forty rods from the public-house when he saw a man with a large Newfoundland dog going in the same direction. The man turned off to the right, and he proceeded on. Shortly after the prisoner came behind him, seized him by the breast, and pushed him into a ditch. They struggled, and the prisoner fell upon him. He then felt some sharp in strument applied to his throat, and a deep gash was inflicted. The prisoner had not asked for money. He told him he knew him, and called him by his name. He replied his name was Jack Challoner. The prosecutor said, whether Jack Challoner or not, it is no use your killing me ; if you want any money I will give you the few shillings that I have about me. The prisoner said he did want money, and allowed the prosecutor to get upon his knee. He then offered him two half-crowns ; but the prisoner said he had more. He gave him two shillings more ; but the prisoner put his hand,in his pocket and took out about ten or twelve shillings. Fre then went away, and the prosecutor crawled home, very faint from the loss of blood. The prisoner, after the robbery, was seen at a public-house, with money in his possession, and paid for three glasses of brandy and water. On being apprehended, his shirt was found to be very bloody, and two half-crowns were found in his pocket. The Jury found a verdict of Guilty ; and the Learned Judge sentenced the prisoner to death, in the usual way, holding out no hopes of mercy. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT. The Matters of the Petitions and Schedules of the Prisoners hereinafter named (the same having been filed in the Court) are appointed to be heard at the Court-house, street, Lincoln' s I nn -fi e ld s , on M on d ay, M arc h:2l, 1836, at Nine o'Clock i n th e F orenoon. Wilson, C., G rea t B entley, Essex, grocer. in Portugal Dawson, T., Little Wild-street, Lincoln's-Inn-fields, coach lamp manufacturer. Fawcett, S., Ratcliffe Highway, carpet-warehouseman. Price, W., Tyers-street, Lambeth, carpenter. On fuesday, March 22.—Same hour and place. Punshon, W. A., George Inn-yard, High-street, borough, painter. Brett, C., Kent-place, Old Kent-road, eating-house-keeper. Littlefield, W., Rotherhithe, sawyer. Sanders, J., Lower Marsh, Lambeth, cheesemonger. Gooch, T., Horsley-street, Walworth- street , Walworth-road, brewer. Strickland, S. G., Church-street, Camberwell, stationer; Barber, R., Enfield, retailer of beer. Duncombe, E., Middle-row, Holborn, bookseller. Driver, A. P., Kennington Common, out of business. ELECTION CHARGES.—The amount of expense incurred in the late contest by Mr. Mills, the unsuccessful can didate for Glasgow, does not exceed 1421. THE SUN, LONDON , THURSDAY, MARCH 17, i 836 PRICES OF CANALS, DOCK SI OCKS, ASSURANCE COMPANIES, &c. &c. &c. • LONDON, TUESDAY, MARCH 16. Number Dividend Price of ' per CANALS.' per Shares. Annum. Paid. Share. -,760 61 pei cent. Ashton and Oldham....Average 971. IBs. sh. 162 1,182 6 1 . Ashby.de-le-Zouch Average 113/. sh. 65 4%0 1,005 Si. Brecknock and Abergavenny 150. sh. 90 4,ooofsh. 12/. 10s. Birmingham,:l-16th share l7l. 10s. 1291 4.009 Ditto and Liverpool Junct....lool. sh. all pd 301 600 Bridgewater and Taunton ...JOU sh. all pd 61, 400 N. Chelmer and Blackwater 100/. sh. 102 500 421. Coventry 100/. sh. ( 4 10 4,516 -.. .... C roy d on Average 31/. 9.5. 10d. sh. 24 2 , 0601 .... 10s. Dudley )00/. sh. '7B 606 61. Derby 100/. sh. 120 20,000 3,5751 231 43 , . Erewash 1,297 231. Forth and Clyde Average 4C01.165. sh. 590 1 1,500 121. Grand June" - .. ~. Oil. sh. 226 :',8491 Grand Union 1001. sh. 25 1,5!1 Grand Surrey lOOl. sh. 10,000/. 41. per cent. Ditto (optional) Loa n lOO/. '75 3,096 Grand Western 600 131. 12s. Bd. Glamorganshire, Average cost 1721. 1 135.4)0. 2BO 1,960 Gloucester and Berkley OOl sh 15 749 10r. Grantham 150/. sh. 202 6,238 1/. 108 Huddersfield Average 574 6s. 6d. sh. 30 100 ... . .... Kensington MO sh all pd. 10 2 - 028 •IL • Kennet and Avon, Average 391.85. 10d. sh. 21 2,897; 204 140/. sh. Leeds and Liverpool 100/. sh. 510 515 124 Leicester 907 4/. Leicester and Northampton... Aver SU 10s. 78 550 51. per cent. Liskeard and Looe Union 251. sh. all pd. 180 2,409 91. Monmouthshire 100/ 250 94 Melton Mowbray 100/. sh. 20 0 500 25/. Mersey and Irwell lOW. sh. 570 3,000 .100/. sh 3 0 0 247 15/. Neath 100 1,786 32/. Oxford 100/. sh. 600 ' 522 21. Oakham s 130/. sh. 38 2,400 41. Peak Forest Average about 78/. sh. 105 21,418 14s. Regent's (or London) Aver. 33/. 16s. Bd. sh. 151 5,669 5/. per cent. Rochdale A vera g e 85/. sh. 112 500 8L Shropshire 125/. sh. 140 800 101 Somerset Coal 150/. sh. 160 45,6001. 61 per cent. Ditto Lock Fund Stock ..... ....... 12/ 10s. sh. 12 700 36/. Stafford and Worcester l4O/. sh. 690 500 11L Shrewsbury 125/. sh. 245 300 8/. Stourbridge 3,647 IL 100. Stratford-on-Avon ...Average 79/. 9s. W. sh. 39 533 13L Swansea 100/. sh. 215 3,762 IL Severn and Wye and Itailway ...Av 351. sh. 18 2,60'; s 1 nw. 10s. Trent and Mersey, 1 share 100/. sh. 620 8,149 1,0005h.1 15/ Warwick and Birmingham 100/. sh- 280 ',Mph...5 940 I'. Warwick and Napton lOO/. sh. 220 6,000 3/. Ws Worcester and Birmingharn...Av.7B/.Bs. sh. 85 5,000 255. Wilts and Berke .. Average 67/. 10s. Bd. sh. 19 800 6/. Wyrley and Essington 125/. sh 75 126 ....... Wi s be a ch lO5/. sh. 45 903 1/. Wey and Arun llOl. sh. 224 DOCKS. 2 ' 6" i3n c. Commercial 100/. sh. 57 1,06515 h -* 498,6671/. 4 per cent. East India Stock 1081 3,t39,3101/. 50s. p. ct. London Stock 59 Ditto Bonds 1,380,0001. 51. per ct. West India 2.209 3!. 6.5. 44. Bristol Average 1471. 1) 1 8. sh. €5 68,324/. 5/. per cent. Ditto Notes, various amounts ll6 1,352,752 3 per cent. St. Katharine Stock 851 500,000 41 per cent. Ditto Bonds 200,000 4 per cent. Ditto Bonds for 10 years lOll Shoreham Harbour 2.500 .... .... Deptford Pier °oi. sh. 31. pd BRIDGES. 1,600 1/. Hammersmith 5Ol. sh. 23 7,231 Southwark, Old Av. EU 2s. 84. sh. 2 1,70 0 11. 13s. Ditto, New, of 71 per cent. 5Ol. sh. 14 5,000 5,000 1/. 2s. Ditto, Old Annuities of 81. 6O/. pd 24 5,000 19s. 3d. Ditto, New Ditto of 71 40/. pd 201 60,000/. 5/, per cent. Ditto Bonds 5,518 17s. Vauxhall Average 49/. Os. Od. sh. ASSURANCE COMPANIES. 0,000 3110 s Albion 500/. sh. SOL pd 761 5°,000 S 5 per cent] Alliance, British & Foreign 1001. sh. 101. pd 121 / and ss. 50,000 6 per cent. Ditto, Marine 1001. pd 51 24,000 11 per sh. Atlas 50/. sh. 5/. pd 131 1,200-ph. 41. Birmingham Fire 2501. sh. 55/. pd 1)15 20,000 41 per cent. British Fire 250/. sh. 50/. pd 40 12,000 6/. per cent. British Commercial 50/. sh. 5/. pd €1 5,001) 5/. per cent. Clerical, Medical, &c. Life, ICO/. sh. 12/10s pd 31 4,000 2/ 105 County 1001. sh. 101. pd 42 10,000 ss. Eagle 5Ol. sh. Si. pd 6 ~,,,,, f 5 per cent..l ,‘, land 301 hs. Economic Life lOOO/. sh. 230/. pd 375 2,271 51/. per cent. European Life i ' , W. sh. all pd 22 50,000 2s. Ditto, New 2O/. sh. 2/. pd 1/.125. 1,000,0001. 71. per ct. Globe Stock 157 20,000 1/. Guardian 1001. sh. 20/. pd 361 ~,,,, (Fire 5 pct."? „ 50/. sh. 51. pd 61 I°, "'"' 'Life 8 p ct. j r' ° Pe 2,400' Si. 7s. 6d. Imperial Fire 500/ sh. 501. pd 120 7 , 54 g) Os. Imperial Life 1004 sh. 10!. pd 1/1 13,459104 fid.'per sh. Indemnity Marine 1" 01. sh. 6/. pd 151 2,0 , 0 3/ lOs Keat Fire 501. sh. all pd 92 3/. Ditto Life 29 mew I6s. Law Life 1001. sh. 101. pd 28 3,900 ... ...... London, Fire 25/. sh. 12/. 103. pit 16 31 000 .. Londe;, Ship 0 51. sh. 12/. 10s. pd 16 30,0^0 Si. per cent. Palladium Life 50/. sh. 2/. pd 21 Es Od 250,001 Is. fid. Protector Fite 2O/. sh. 2/. pd 1/17.0d 2,500 1/. Provident Life lOO/. sh. 10/. pd 191 1110,000 ss. Rock Life 20/. sh. 91. pd 64 69..),9.201 Si. per cent. Royal Exchange Stork... 202 Sun 2lO 6,000 5 per cent. University Life lOO/. sh. Si. pd 54 50,000 4 per cent. United Kingdom Life 2/. pd JOINT STOCK BANKS 5,000 Australa.ia 4O/. sh. 49/. pd 60 - 10,0011 10 percent. Bank of Birmingham sf/. sh. 101. pc! 1:1 - 10,000 10 per cent Birmingham Bank . . 5O/. sh. 5/. pd 14 18,000 2 per cent. London and Westminster-100/ sh. 15/. pd 3,000 Lancaster 1004 sh. 20/. pd 31 25,000 6 per cent. Liverpool 100/ sh. 10/. pd 17 30,000 71 per cent. Manchester and Liverpool} 100/. sh. H u TA 22 Discount '20,000 6 per cent. Manchester 100/. sh. 201 pd 551 20,000 8 per cent. Provincial Bank of I reland 100/. sh. 251. pd 4:1 20, , €0 5 per cent. National Bank of Ireland 5"/. sh. 10/. pd 161. 10,000 National Provincial Eng. -100/. sh. 251. pd 10,000 10 per cent. Gloucestershire 5O/. sh. 711. pd 15 (1,000 Hampshire 50/. sh 5/. pd 9 GAS LIGHT AND COKE COMPANIES. 500 1/ 12s Bath 2O/. sh. 1 , 1. rid 25 5,000 61. per cent. British 4O!. sh. 161. pd 211 5,000 rYand.percents3..} Ditto Provincial 2Ol. sh. 19 pd 221 L Bs. 814 51104 Birmingham Sill. sh. 105 4,250 21 Os Bristol 1,500 Brighton 2O/. sh. 134 750 ...... ... Ditto, New "N. sh, IS!. pd 12 2,471 5 per cent. Brighton General 20/ sh. all pd 19 4,000 3/, Continental Cansolidated lOO/. 513!. pd 95 1,000 10/. City of London lOO/. sh. all pd 1010 6/. Ditto, New 4,000 4/.los. Equitable 401. pd 31 European 51. pd 41 1 0, 1 00 Si. per cent. Imperial 5O/. sh. 421 81X1 5/ per cent. Isle of Thanet 9 5/. sh. 20/. pd 20 2 , 3 50 6/. per cant. Independent 3O/. sh. all pd 50 1.5'0 71 per cent. Leeds 0 , 00 0 3/ per cent. Plirenix 50/. sh. 39/. pd 221 1 . 0 00 4/. per cent. Ratcliff .. lOO/. sh. 60/. pd 69 4,01 1 0 South Metropolitan 5"/. sh. 13/ pd 8,200 5/. per cent. United General 5Ol. sh. 451. pd nni 210 5/. per cent. Warwick 501. sh. .50) 400 115 s Wakefield 25/. sh. 221 12,000 3/ . Westrqinster Chartered 5O/. sh. 504 6,001 12 Ditto, New 5O/. sh. 10/, rid 24 KO - Yarmouth 20/. sh. 18/. pd 9 WATER WORKS. 4,800 Birmingham 25/. sh. 25!. pd 20 1,133 5/. Rig London lOOl. sh. 1274 4 ,500 21 103 Grand Junction ....Average 41/ 13s. 4,1. A. 514 2,000 2/. Kent ' 100/. sh. 413 US 10/. Liverpool Bootle 2201. sh. 310 1 .500 2! lOs New Oliver London Bridge Water Annuities 58 6 ,156 1/, Manchester and Salford lOO/. sh. 52 1,000 4 per cent. South London 100!. sh. 81 B,vo Si. West Middlesex ....Average 631. 12s. 94. sh. 77 1,360 - 1/ 114 York Building Co. Lessee Prop 100/. sh. 351 IRON RAILWAYS. Bristol and Exeter . :it 74 Bolton and Leigh Clarence lOO/. fh. 100/ pd 40 Forest of Dean 5O/. pd 21 Crand Junction 100/. sh. 40/. pi 87 Great 'Western lOOl. sh. 101. pd 311 Hartlepool 100/. sh. 100/ pd 80 Hull and Selhy 5O/ sh 4/. p 4 9 Leeds and Selby Leicester and Swannington ....501. sh all pd 48 Liverpool and Manchester...loo/. sh. 1001. pd 240 Ditto Quarter Shares 25/. pd 61 Loughborough "ZAverage 142/. 17s. sh. London and Brighton lOO/. sh. 51 pd 14 Ditto ditto (Gibbs') ...20/. sh. 1/. p 4 Of Ditto ditto (Rennie) London and Blackwell 50/. sh. Si pd 21 Londo i and Dover 50/, sh. 1/ pd ft London and Gravesend . 201 sh 1/. pd :0: London and Greenwich 2O/. eb. 401 pd 311 London and Birmingham ...100/. sh. 50/. pd 120 London and Southampton 5O/. sh. 101. pd 24 4 London and Croydon 5/ pd ri Northern and Eastern ... lOOl. sh. 41 North Midland lOO/. sh. 5/. pd 121 Preston and Wigan '3O/ pd • Preston and Wyre 50/. sh. 3/. pd 1 1 Stockton and Darlington 104)1. sh. 240 Durham Junction 100/. sh. 101. pd MINES. Albion Copper 5/. sh. 31. pd 04 A lten 15/. sh. 10/. 105 pd '7l Anglo Mexican, iss. 5/. pm.... 1001. sh. all psi 51 Ditto Subscription 25/. pd 51 Bolanos 150/. sh all pel 125 Brazilian Imp. iss. 5/. pm .351. sh. 20/. pd 21 Macaubas & Cocaes United ....25/. sh. 221. pd 12 Ditto St. John Del Key 201. sh. 71/. pd 5 Cata Branca 611. pd 91 Candonga 7l/. pd .6. 661 2,000 2,500 19s. 80,003 30.P,d") 2,900 2100 2,1.10 1,509 5,100 9 per cent, 70 1441. 10,000 15,r oo 12,000 31,000 20,900 3 per cent, 25,100 20 - , , 00 ...... 2 0 ,000 12,500 2,500 2,000 1, 0 00 61. per cent, 800 8,000 4,000 10,000 ... ..... 2,600 10,000 31. `:s. 6,0 0 Copiapo 2O/. sh .1241 pd Bolivar Copper Company, 201. sh. 201. pd Ditto Scrip 44 pd British Iron 50/. sh. 50/. pd British Copper Si. sh.,3il. pd Columbian, iss. 5/. pm. English 12/. ICs. ixi General Mining Assoclation...2o/. sh. 15/. pd Mexican Company 100/. sh 5141. p Polberou Consols 10/. sh. 8/. pd Real del Monte, Unregistered Ditto Loan Notes l5O/. pd United Mexican, iss. 2 pm..... 401. sh. all pd Ditto Scrip Ditto Subscription 2/. pd Ditto New Scrip sl pd Union Gold, iss. 21.55. pm.... 2 2 1,/. sh. 44/. pd West Cork 50/. sh. 40/. pd LITERARY INSTITUTIONS. 1,000 London, with Bronze Ticket 75gs. sh. 1,500 London University 1001. sh. all pd 700 Russell 25gs. sh. King' College 100/. pd 10,000 10,0(X) 10,000 20,001 U. 10s. 6,000 8,500 2,850 2,1,000 31. - 6:155 2,000 ' 11,500 3 ),000 ... :.. ... 5.(C0 MISCELLANEOUS. 10,000 10s. Australian Agricultural....lool. sh. 261/. pd 421 1,090 H. Auction Mart 50/. sh. 19 6,030 British American Land Company ~ 13/. pd 11 y' 10,000 61. per cent. Canada Company 1001. sh. 201. pd 36, 200,000 51. per cent. Upper Canada Loan City Bonds, 4 per cent lO3 15,000 1/. per cent. 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This great character, which is so finely calculated for dramatic display, has called forth the energies of all our leading tragedians. Garrick was famous in his day ; and the genius Kemble, Cooke, and Kean has successively shone forth in this part. But of these last, Cooke and Kean were decidedly the most successful, Kern ble being rather deficient in that fiery impulse which the character of Richard above all others, demands ; and if Cooke excelled Kean in giving expression to that deep withering sarcasm, and that relentless ferocity which the tyrant exhibits in the earlier scenes, Kean, on the other hand, was more dazzling, rapid, and energetic in the con cluding and spirit-stirring scenes where Richard appears as the warrior at the head of his army. The present Mr. Kean, if he has not already attained the highest de gree of excellence in this representation, is evidently mak ing rapid strides towards that goal. But really when we witnessed him on the above evening, and were often carried away by the force, the grandeur, of his re presentation in the last scenes, our involuntary im pression, and, we will venture to say, that of the excited audience was, that he soared beyond all criticism, so vividly did he pourtray the great dramatic hero " towering in his pride of might." The first soliloquy, " Now is the winter of our discontent," we have always viewed as a test for an actor, seeing that he can gain no aid from the diction of the poet as in passages of a lofty heroic cast, which are often effective even in the hands - of an ordinary performer ; but is thrown entirely on his own taste and discrimination, or the dernier resort of imitating some great original. But Mr. Kean gave this with all that light and shade and depth of colouring that denoted the great actor. The murder of ilknry the Sixth was also exhibited with great effect, espe cially when his hand began to feel for the hilt of his sword, and with ominous gesture be drew nearer and nearer to his victim until he laid him low. The courtship scene with Lady Anne was done with matchless address, although one of the finest points was lost, owing to the actor being dis concerted by the noise in the upper gallery, which was quite overcrowded. We allude to that part where Lady Anne, in, crossing from her first position to the other side of the stage, is followed by the luring smile of her dissem bling woer, as if" a laughing devil" were in his look. We have seen this point given with the happiest effect by Mr. Kean, but, as we have said, it was entirely marred by •the above cause. In that scene where Richard appears on his throne, the dignity which Mr. Kean threw into his mien attracted of itself an in voluntary burst of applause—as did the immediately suc ceeding part where he sounds Buckingham, as to the mur der of the two Princes, whom he aptly describes as " two spiders crawling on his arm." But Mr. Kean's great triumph was in the concluding scenes, when he hears the clamorous approach of war. To these he imparted extra ordinary energy and fire ; and as he successively entered the scene a sensation seemed to steal through the audience, so striking was his gait and so lustrous the expression of his fine ditrk eye, all conveying the -- idea of one born to threaten and command. The different heroic passages were also de livered with great power, aided as they were by his bold, varied, and picturelque attitudes. We should also men tion the true and beautiful expression given to many of the sentimental effusions, as for instance, when Richard, after ordering, his tent to be pitched, for that night, on Bosworth field, exclaims, " But where to-morrow night ?" This and other similar passages lent a fine relief to the scene. That famous point " Off with his head—se much for Bucking ham," was certainly given with dramatic effect and loudly applauded, but to our taste it seemed too elaborate, and deficient in sarcastic force. In the fatal onset, however, Mr. Kean finely displayed all the matchless daring of the hero ; and the dying scene was equally striking. Friday night Mr. Kean played Othello to a crowded and fashionable audience, but at this late hour we cannot enter upon the subject. We may state, however, that it was a great performance, and from the sensation which it caused, the plaudits being renewed after the falling of the curtain, we are inclined to think that it may one - day become the most popular of his characters.—Caledonian Mercury. DRURY-LANE THEATRICAL FUND The nineteenth anniversary dinner of 'this laudable and benevolent charity was yesterday celebrated in the Free masons Hail, Admiral Sir Edward Codrington, K.C.8., presiding over a numerous and respectable meeting of the patrons and friends of the institution. After an excellent dinner, the health of his Majesty was proposed, as the benevolent patron of the Society ; and the Gallant Admiral added, that he had his Majesty's commands to presesnt the Society with his contribution of one hundred guineas. " The King." Three times three. Other loyal toasts were then drank ; after which, On " The health of Sir E. Codrington" being proposed by Mr. Ramsbottom, M.P., the Hon. Gentleman eulogised the conduct of the Gallant Chairman, and stated that it was no " untoward event" that had placed him in the chair that day, to advocate the claims of the charity on public benevolence. The exploits of the heroic Admiral were the best criteria of his merits. He should therefore propose "'The health of the hero of Navarino." Sir E. CODRINGTON returned thanks. The standing toast, " Prosperity to the Drury-lane Theatrical Fund," was next proposed; coupled with " The health of Mr. Harley," when that gentleman returned thanks .as follows : My Lords and Gentlemen,—This is the age of progres sion. Push on, keep moving ! is the order of the day. Every thing is on the quick march, or quick gallop ! In tellect and railroads—stages, with and without wheels- 7 --nor is our fund-bag last in this general movement—thanks, kind patrons, to you ! Encouraged by past success, and sanguine for the future, behold me again at my post. Your presence here to-day is an eloquent proof that charity is its own best advocate. Believe, me, Sirs, sad are the vicissi tudes of our profession, that would seem to carry so many fascinations and charms. I know the wretched cant of utilitarian philosophy—and you, my Lords and Gentlemen, know it too, and, knowing, despise it—that says, man needs no other dependence but his own energies and foresight, that to relieve distress is to produce it, and that asylums for the unfortunate, the helpless, and the aged, are con trary to the rule of right and the true fitness of things. We are not assembled to discuss this ruthless system-mon gering, or to calculate the exact mininum upon which a broken spirit, with the sorrowful remembrance of bet ter days, can wear out a miserable existence ; but to succour pinching want, dispense frugal comforts to those who have hitherto been limited to a bare subsistence, put a staff in the feeble hand of old age, sustain the drooping and desponding, mitigate the pangs of sickness and death, and rescue the bereaved and unprotected from penury and a harsh world. And if, after Mithfully performing these all important duties, a superflux remain, grudge not that we gladden the widow's board with some simple but long-for gotten luxury, and surprise Jack Falstaff with a cup of sack to oil the springs of his wit, and toast the healths of his li beral benefactors. Mr. Harley's speech was listened to with great attention, and warmly applauded. After some general toasts— The •CIIAIRMAN proposed, in a flattering speech, " The health of Mr. Price and the American stage." Mr. PRICE returned thanks. The musical department was under the superintendence of Mr. T. Cooke. We were extremely gratified to see the veteran Grimaldi among the company, apparently enjoying a green old age. MURDER.-Nicholas Fairles, Esq., at Jarrow, near South Shields, was an active magistrate of the coun t y of Durham, and th e deed of blood was committed on the highway, in a populous neighbourhood, and in broad day light. The murderers were W. Jobling and Ralph Arm strong, belonging to the Pitmen's Union, the members of which, having struck work for an advance of wages, were or ganized by several designing demagogues, under whose aus pices, and, as it now appears, at whose instigation, the deluded men committed crimes of the most desperate and awful descrip tion. The guilty perpetrators of many of those acts of out rage, which filled the public mind with dread, were never brought to justice, but there could be no doubt as to the in dentity of the murderers of Mr. Fairles. Two women saw the deed committed ; a host of witnesses also observed Jobling and Armstrong run away from the scene of their atrocity. Arm strong's hands were red and reeking with the life-blood of the unfortunate gentleman, who lingered sufficiently long to make a deposition as to the villainous deed. Jobling was appre hended, convicted, executed, and gibbetted at Jarrow-Slake. Rewards, to the amount of 5001., were offered for the ap prehension of Armstrong. A man, who has gone by the name of " William Robinson," as a sailor on board his Majesty's ship Tribune, cruising off the island of Corfu, in the Mediterranean, made a de tailed confession of the murder, before the captain and officers, on the 15th and 16th days of January last. He gave a circumstantial account of the committal of the crime, as the facts were elicited in the county of Durham on the trial of Jobling. He further stated that he remained in concealment in the neighbourhood where the crime was perpetrated, until after the gibbet, exposing the body of Jobling, was erected in Jar row Slack. He was then, he says, along with three other men, employed by the delegates of the Pitmen's Union, to cut down the body of Jobling. This daring act was accomplished in the dead o f n i g ht, an the body, as it was in chains, was carried in a waterman's boat, outside Shields Bar, and thrown into the sea. For this service, himself and the other three men received, front the Pitmen's Delegates, and out of the union funds (we use the confessor's own words), " the sum of two pounds each, and a blow-out of grog and porter, and a supper." There can be no doubt that the man will speedily arrive in this country. The necessary steps as to his iden tity will, of course, be immediately taken, and, if he be really the murderer, his eventual conviction of the crime may be looked upon as certain.—Xewcastle Paper. _ . LIST OF SCOFFSCOTTISH CO 8, 1836 MPANIES' PRICES, FEBRUARY . BANKS. HIS MAJESTY'S LEVEE. His Majesty, attended by Sir Herbert Taylor, arrived in town yesterday, from Windsor Crstic, and held a Levee at St. James's. Count Ludolf, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Pleni potentiary from the King of the Two Sicilics, and M. Gal va°, the Brazilian Minister, had audiences of his Majesty. Their Excellencies were respectively introduced by Viscount Palmerston, Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Af fairs, and conducted by Sir Robert Chester, Master of the Ceremonies. Mr. Philip Friell, Ambassador from his Majesty the King of Oude, was presented to the. King by the Right Honourable Sir John Hobhouse, to deliver a letter from the King of Oude to his Majesty. The Moulvee Mahomed Ismael Khan, on a mission from .the K@g of Oude to his Majesty, was presented to the King by Sir John Hobhouse. The Moulvee ap peared in his Oriental costume. The letter from the King of Oude was enclosed in a very splendid purse. Ovannes Aga, Master of the Sultan's Powder-mills, was presented to the King by Noory Effendi, the Ottoman Minister. The Levee was attended by the French Ambassador, the Sardinian, Neapolitan, Prussian, Swedish, Hanoverian , Danish, Grecian, Bavarian, Brazilian, Netherlands, and Saxon Ministers ; Noori Effendi, Ottoman Minister, attended by M. Salame, his Majesty's Oriental Interpreter, and by, M. Vogoridis, his own Interpreter ; Mr. Colquhoun, Agent and Consul-General for the Hans-towns ; the Austrian Charge d'Affaires; Mr. Walley, the Belgian Charge d'Affaires; Count Seckendorff, Secretary to the Russian Legation ; Count de Grammont, Secretary to the French Embassy ; the Secre tary to the Russian Embassy; the First Lord of the Treasury; the Secretaries of State for the Home, Foreign, and Colonial Departments ; the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Presi dent of the Board of Control, the Secretary at War, the Lord Steward, the Lord Chamberlain, the Master of the Horse ; Sir John Nicholl, Judge of the Admiralty ; Lord Hill, Gold Stick in Waiting; the Master-General of the Ordnance, the Paymaster of the Forces, the Judge Advocate-General, the Treasurer of the Household, the Comptroller of the House hold, the Master of the Ceremonies; Sir C. , B. Brodie, Ser geant- Surgeon to the King ; Captain Houlton, Ensign of the Yeoman of the Guard ; Colonel Arnold, Royal Engineers, Aide-de-Camp to the King; Mr. Albert W. Beetham, Clerk of the Cheque to the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at- Arms ; Mr. Samuel Hancock, Exon of the Yeomen of the Guard; Captain Courteney Boyle, R.N., Groom of the Privy Chamber; Lieutenant-Colonel Cavendish, Equerry in Waiting ; Sir W. Wyatt, Silver Stick in Waiting ; Master Ellice, Page of Honour in Waiting; Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Frederick Smith, Gentleman Usher in Waiting ; and the fol lowing : DUKE—Marlborough. • MARQUlS—Clanricarde. EARLS—Winchilsea, Roden. ViscoUNTS—Beresford, Adare. LORDS—Dunsany, Albert Conyngham, Vernon, F. Egerton, Skelmersdale, Bexley, William Graham, Kenyon. ARCHIIISHOP—Armagh. BISHOP—St. Asaph. RIGHT HON.—Sir R. Peel. HON.—W. Bathurst, Captain Pellew, G. Cecil Forester, Rev. E. Moors. SlRS—Hamilton Seymour, G. C. H., Francis Lee, Donald Campbell, E. Knatchbull, M. Ximenes, A. Duff Gordon. • DEAN or—Carlisle. Ray. MESSRS.—J. E. Kempe, John Abbess. MESSRS.—Egerton, Donovan, Robert Langslow, William Honywood, Sheldon, M.P., Bayly, Thomas Gray, Campbell (of Islay), Dawn, E. Marjoribanks, Evans, E. Wodehouse, Ciive, Sinclair, Robinson, Etwall, M.P., R. Colborne, M.P. ADMIRALS—Sir John Beresford, J. E. Douglas, Sir Edw. Brace. CAPTAINS (Royal Navy)—Hon. F. Pellew, Thomas Mar tin, Phillott, J. Morgan, W. B. Hamilton, Bowles. COMMANDERS (Royal Navy)—Sinclair, C. Cumby, Smart. LIEUTENANT (Royal Navy)—Baldock. GENERALS—Sir Edward Kerrison, Sir F. Mulcaster, Sir A. Brooke, Sir J. Fraser, Sir T. Pritzler, Sir E. Paget, Sir William Anson. COLONELS—Jones, Galloway, Ferguson, Sir Charles Dance, Oldfield, Angelo, Moore, Anson, D'Oyley, Rushbrooke, Steele, Llwellyn, Graydon, Gurwood, Ellicombe, W. Edgell. MAJORS—J. W. Smith, Vivian, Hankcy. CAPTAINS—Hon. E. B. Wilbraham, Codrington, Torrens. LIEUTENANT—A. Oldfield. CORNET—Reynolds. ENSIGNS—H. C. Ximenes, Brooke. The following addresses were presented to the King : From the Archdeacon and several of the Clergy of the county of Chester, expressing their serious alarm at the ap pointment of Dr. Hampden to the Chair of Regius Professor of Divinity, at Oxford, considering that his published writings contain opinions tending to subvert the truths of God's holy word, which are *embodied in our creeds and articles ;- and therefore feeling it their duty most respectfully to implore his Majesty to command the advice of those Archbishops and Bishops in whom his . Majesty can confide in the disposal of such high and influential stations as those of Bishops and Dig nitaries of the Church, and praying that the Great Head of the Church may enable his Majesty to protect its interests, by Lord Kenyon. From the Mayor arid Council of Andover, thanking his Ma jesty for the Municipal RefUrm Bill, and expressing their firm confidence in his Majesty's present Ministers, by Mr. Etwall, M. P. The following were presented to his Majesty:— Lord Dunsanv, on being appointed Lord Lieutenant of the county of Meath, by the Earl of Roden. Mr. Egerton, on being.appoinred Lieutenant-Colonel Com mandant of the King's Cheshire Yeomanry Cavalry, by Lord Hill. Sir D. Campbell, on being,made a Baronet, by the Duke of Argyll. Lord Vernon, on coming to_ his title, by the Archbishop of York. The Rev. J. E. Kempe, by, Mr. Nicholas Carlisle, K. H. Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Charles Dance, on his arrival from abroad, and receiving the 3d class of the Guelphic Order, by Sir H. Taylor. Lieutenant A. Oldfield, on his appointment to the Royal Ar tillery, by his father Lieutenant. Colonel Oldfield. Major J. \V. Smith, 14th, King's Light Dragoons, by Major- General Sir E. Kerrison. Lieutenant Baldo k, R.N., by Lord Minto. Major Sir Francis Lee, on promotion, by Major-Gen. Sir J. Cockburn. Colonel Jones, Militia of Upper Canada, by Lord Glenelg. Colonel Galloway, Bengal army, on his return from India, by Sir John Hobhouse. Mr. Sheldon, M. P. South Warwickshire, by Lord J. Russell. Lieutenant-Colonel Angelo, on his return from abroad, by Sir Herbert Taylor. Commander Smart, on his return from South America. Captain James Morgan, R. N., on promotion, by Lord Minto. Mr. W. Honywood, by Sir Edward Knatchbull, Bart. - Captain the Hon. Fleetwood Pellew, R.N., on being nomi nated a Knight Commander of the Royal Guelphic Order, • by the Earl of Minto. Ensign Brooke, on his appointment to the 9th Foot, on his return from abroad, by Major-General Sir Arthur Brooke. Mr. Edward Ilarjoribanks, on his appointment as Gentleman of the Privy Chamber, by the Marquis of Conyngham. Mr. Robert Longslow, Attorney-General of Malta, on his ar rival in England, by Lord Glenelg. Mr. Dawn, Surgeon Bth Hussars, by Sir James Macgrigor, Bart. Lieutenant-Colonel Oldfield. on his receiving the third class of the Guelphic Order, by Major-General Sir Frederick Mulcaster. Cornet Reynolds, 4th Light Dragoons, on his embarkation, by General Sir Lowry Cole, G. C. B. Ensign ,H. C. Ximenes, on his appointment to the 16th regi ment, by Sir Morris Ximenes. The King gave audiences to Colonel Mackinnon, Field Officer in Waiting ; Viscount Palmerston, Viscount Mel bourne, the Right Hon. T. Spring Rice, Lord Glenelg, Lord Howick, Sir J. Hobhouse, Sir Hussey Vivian, Lord John Russell, Earl of Albemarle, Lord Hill, and the Judge Advo cate- General. Lord Gardner and Sir William Houstoun were the Lord and Groom in waiting. The continuance of the stormy weather, which interrupted all communication between Dover and Calais, had detained his Royal Highness the Prince Ferdinand of Portugal at the latter place on Tuesday evening : it is, however, expected that his Royal Highness and his illustrious relati ves wou ld arrive at Ken s i ngton P a l ace yester d ay even ing. The dinner party that the Duchess of Kent was to ' have given to his Royal Highness, the other members of her family, and several of his Majesty's Ministers, and members of the Corps Diplomatique, was put off in consequence to the 20th. The Duke of Cumberland, the Landgravine of Hesse Homberg, the Princess Augusta, the Duchess of Gloucester, and the Princess Sophia visited his Majesty yesterday at St- James's. The Landgravine of Hesse Homberg h onoure d the Dow ager Lady de Clifford with her Company at di nner on Tuesday evening, at her residence in Carlton -terrace. BRITISH ARCHITECTS' INSTITUTE On Monday evening last, a meeting of this Society vias held in King-street, P. F. Robinson, Esq. in the chair. Various routine business having been transacted, presents received from Messrs. Wallis, Gardiner, Edward Edwards, W alien P. Weale, the Secretary described Mr. Brunel's method of building arches of large span without the use of centering. Mr. Edward Godwin, jun., Associate, then read a paper on the institution of Freemasonry, in which, after sketching their history, he pointed out the results of their combination, and showed how much Architecture owes to their exertion and skill. In the whole history of the mid.. die ages,.there is no point more interesting to the lovers of archa3ology than the proceedings of this extraordinary fra ternity. Thanks were voted by acclamation to Mr. Bru nel and Mr. Godwin, and the meeting was adjourned to the 24th. The President, Earl de Grey, will entertain the mem bers of the Institute, at his house in St. James's-square, on Monday evening next. At the annual dinner of the Law Society, at Lin coln, the gem'mem of the black art cracked many condoling jokes with each other, on the lack of causes,—nine being the whole half-year's harvest, among about nine hundred expec tants If such be the paucity of cause; was the cry, there will soon be a sad deficiency of e f fects—f9r what aro nine among so many ?...Lincoln Gazette, 11,000 POLICE INTELLIGENCE BOW-STREET. Yesterday was the day appointed for the hearing of t r be r charge against Mr. John O'Connell, M.P. f or Youghel,_ for committing an assault on Sunday last upon the you& et . ing himself Henry O'Connell, who claims t o be the not' ral son of Daniel O'Connell, Esq., by Miss Courtenay. Shortly before one o'clock Mr. John O'Connell, fle.„.c an .;': panied by Mr. Maurice O'Connell, Mr. Fi tzsimon, for the county of Dublin, Mr. Morgan John OConnell Mr. Sheil, M.P., and several other perso nal friends en tered the office, and were accommodated with seats on the bench. bis The complainant, accompanied by Miss Comical, Mother, stood in front of the bench. The youth was called forward, and, haviDg been s wor To f gave his evidence in the following words :--MY e a t s narae Henry O'Connell, and I am, as I believe, sev'enteen i oeit , of age. I reside with my mother, at No. 5, a b o ut court, Covent-garden. On Sunday morning last, l ten o'clock, I was walking on the right hand side of Ca_..„en" ' dish-street, when I saw Mr. John O'Connell wa lking in-arm with his father on the opposite side of the street. fr thought at the time they were going to chapel. The) looked at me, and Mr. John O'Connell sudde nl y quittFby ci his father's arm, and came across to me, and seized 113,_,.e at the cloak, which he tore on both sides, and th en he "w me with his umbrella. All this was without any p ro ve whatever. He dragged me along the pavem ent Jobe , beating me, until Mr. Daniel O'Connell called ou t don't beat the boy any more," Mr. John O'Connell thedli went over to his father, and they walked gently away' Tayst also came away. aga in st Mr. Halls—ls that the whole of your charg e Mr. O'Connell, or have you anything further to state? Complainant—Nothing further, Sir, but that I gave provocation. Mr. H ALLS (to Mr. J. O'Connell)—That is the cht ir g o e f against you, Sir. If you have any explanatioil to gi ve ' course we shall be glad to hear you. al Mr. J. O'Connell—On Sunday morning my f a ther a u ra , left his residence in Langham-place to proceed, as the a c e °, h „, plainant very correctly guessed, to the chapel in SPlsa, place, to attend Mass. We had only got into Portia° t, place when my father drew my attention to the compkai e tt whom I had never seen before, and said, " There Ja t _A_ boy following us." My father appeared greatly e10i7 5 , and when the complainant had followed us for some r ho tance I turned round and told him to g o away, 813 " then slunk back. We proceeded on to Cavendish-atireeon where my father said, " There is that boy again,' il t b e r looking across I saw him still following us. MP a a ncl said that the compl a in a nt had repeatedly followed h lo ' taunted and annoyed him. I then went over to theto °O.° plainant and took him by the cloak and told away and not annoy my father, and his reply was , 00 follow my father in spite of you." I then pushed 03— of and used my umbrella, but it was not with the inten t rl striking him a blow, but more in the nat ure o f a Pusu.. had no wish to hurt him. S' F. It- , l usty °la sir . .OE—I think you said you h a d previoi.- A he him to go away ? Mr. J. O'Connell—l had twice, an refused. h ti Mr. HALLS (to compl a inant) —Young man, w- en „ made the application to m e o n Mond a y and in Y ell , Za. deuce now, you did not state that you had seen the ti e- ft ant and his father before you were in Cavendish-st ree port' now appears that you follo w ed the gentleman from a r ia • nd-place, and that you have repeatedly followed at, do. noyed Mr. D. O'Connell, which you have no right ,l- How is it that you did not state that before? Complainant—l never did any thing of the sort 0' John O'Connell before. I did not know him at all., IA to Mr. HALLS--I must tell you that you have no PP t he follow Mr. D. O'Connell or any other person about .ois streets, or annoy him in any way. If you have anY ton upon Mr. O'Connell, you must make them and an ibilovi them if you can in a proper way, but you must n ot ' him about the streets and annoy him. neg. Complainant—l have no wish to annoy Mr. O'Ce a " r e. He knows me very well. I had spoken to him on the " vious Sunday, and he told me to go back to Ireland. t he Mr HALLS (to Mr. J. O'Connell)—However wrong,our complainant may have been in following and annoyin int g y o ur father or you, you should not have taken the law one iv own hands. You must be aware that you were wre " doing so. Mr. J. O'Connell—l am quite ready to admit that i into in the wrong, and I am sorry that I did take the la str ipe my own hands. My intention was certainly not to s'win the complainant, but merely to push him away. I t:, PS allow me to state, perhaps, that the conduct of this b o w to been for a long time a source of considerable annore my father. 'her& Mr. HAL LS—I cannot enter into that matter to You did wrong in assaulting the complainant ; and a l A this whether he is in the r i g ht or wrong i n o ther matters, g _ s question with whi c h I h are not hi ng to do. I view o ur mere matter of assault, an d as you t oo k the law into hands you must of course abide the consequences. time, Sir F. Roe and M r . H a ll s consu lted for a short was and Mr. HALLS informed Mr. J. O'Connell that he f fined 20s. and costs. the Mr. O'Connell bowed respectfully to the decis ion Bench, and paid the fine and costs.. Mr. Fitzsimon, M.P. for Dublin County, then rose,; 9ehaincif said he had to make 'an application to the Bench e n re sent of Mr. Daniel O'Connell, that the parties to the P.,„ight proceeding (meaning the complainant and his mo therPP be held in sureties to keep the peace. Fitysi • r oo.. Mr. HALLS—Are you a solicitor ? Mr. o ne. l, No ; but I apply as a personal friend of Mr. °' ll° ,„. 60° He has been persecuted by these persons for aO ' tim e ani past, and subject to all sorts of annoyances, for whi ea s t hat authorised to say Mr. Daniel O'Connell totally dc we g oing • there is the slightest ground or cause. It has hee7 the on for years, and Mr. O'Connell . declares there is n' least reason for it. if th!_ r° Mr. HALLS—I can't listen to these statemen ts ' a be . any ground - of complaint it must be a.separate an tinct application. who, Sir F. ROE here said something to Mr. Fitzsininn,_. furthc p 'pe addressing Mr. Halls, said, " I find that if any noyance takes place, Mr. O'Connell must mak e an aP tion personally." c „ltI Miss Courtenay, who had been with g reat in f i strained from interfering during the proceedings, b e l t " 1 : tone and manner that betr a yed great excitement , s ai b la is Mr. O'Connell's own fault altogether. MY %e 11° : in distress and almost starvinm, an whY ncs er WP provide for him and me ? He knows d that the (I mat t Coil" referred to Major Macnamara, and"— Here M iss ° sill ° 'MP tenay was desired to !Faye the office, and it was 1 , r , e• in the confusion t o ca t c h th e rema i n d er of the se men The defendant and hi s f r i en d s re ti re d shortly UN don : Printed and—Published by 111i1RDO YO tbe CO opti Lon 112, and, at The Sun Office, No. 112, strand,of Middlesex. The defendant and his friends retired shortly av -- 1 0 0 01 O rly , Captain Marryat's witty, humorous, and w 01f, 4 / Novel, " Japhet in Search of a Father," apPea rs siror n t have as successful a career as his inimitable " Pe te i , r ,, t gal 'he and "Jacob Faithful." 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